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The European Super Highway of Debt |
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These info-graphics shows how much banks
borrowed to Portugal, Ireland, Italy, Greece & Spain (PIIGS). Europe is
in a deep crisis, and this shows how much must be repaid. |
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100 |
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100 - I bet
you wish you could push print. ;-) |
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10,000 -
Madness is badness of spirit, |
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1,000,000 -
Not as big of a pile as you thought, huh? |
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100,000,000 -
Approximately the size of the bonuses that CEO's of big banks during the
financial crisis. |
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2,000,000,000
- Greece's budget deficit is 24,125,000,000. So Greece will need to borrow
12 of these trucks this year full of 100 Euro bills in order not to
bankrupt. [Source] |
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#2 biggest lender to |
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61.7B |
#1
biggest lender to |
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122.3 Billion
- 2x Big Banks Loaned This Much Money to PIIGS Countries |
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122,300,000,000
- Biggest lenders: Bank Intesa SanPaolo & Bank BBVA gave a total of
122.3 Billion to struggling European Governments - Greece, Ireland, Italy,
Portugal & Spain. The Intesa SanPaolo convoy is ~514 meters long and the
BBVA convoy is ~505 meters long. |
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560 Billion -
Amount borrowed from Banks by Governments of bankrupting countries |
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560,410,000,000 - Greek,
Irish, Italian, Portuguese & Spanish governments borrowed little over
half a trillion Euros from the banks shown below. All banks on the list
borrowed over 10 billion to GIIPS. Now the banks are worried if they will
get it back. |
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#2
biggest lender to GIIPS country |
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828.6 Billion
- Amount 2x large banks loaned to people of bankrupt countries |
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828,600,000,000
- Intesa SanPaolo & Banco Santander lent a total of 828.6 billion to
GIIPS in loans to institutions, corporations, retail business, mortgages,
commercial real estate, etc, also called private debt. Intesa SanPaolo's
convoy is 3.8 kilometers long and Banco Santander's is 3.5 kilometers long. |
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400.2B |
#2 biggest lender to GIIPS country |
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400.2B |
#2 biggest lender to GIIPS country |
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Trillion: Total amount borrowed by Bankrupt nation's citizens 2,910,426,000,000
(2.91 million millions).
The people
of Greece, Ireland, Italy, Portugal & Spain owe 2,91 trillion Euros to
these 13 banks.
These are
only the 13 biggest banks, there are many more that lent money, that
together add up to a much bigger debt numbers.
3 pallets of
cash would cover the cost of all the trucks shown below, if you bought them
new. You'd have enough left over for a lifetime of joy. Each truck has 20
such pallets.
FEATURED: 
13 Banks biggest banks. Each bank has its own lane.
Total Convoy Length: 26.7km (16.59 miles) if you put all 13 lanes together.
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